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General Mills, Bed Bath & Beyond, AutoZone

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday's session are General Mills Inc., Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and AutoZone Inc.

General Mills
GIS, +0.40%
is forecast to post earnings of $1.02 a share in the fiscal first quarter, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet Research.

Bed Bath & Beyond
BBBY, +0.13%
is estimated to report a profit of 47 cents a share in the second quarter, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet Research.

AutoZone
AZO, -0.25%
is expected to report fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $4.45 a share, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet Research.

Paychex Inc.
PAYX, -0.98%
is expected to report earnings of 34 cents a share in the fiscal first quarter, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet Research.

Red Hat Inc.
RHT, -0.31%
is projected to post a second-quarter profit of 15 cents a share, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet Research.

Cintas Corp.
CTAS, -0.66%
is likely to report a fiscal first-quarter profit of 49 cents a share, according to analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters.

After Tuesday's closing bell, Seagate Technology
STX, -0.67%
said it sees first-quarter revenue at the high end or beyond its forecast range because of hard disk drive demand. The hard disk maker forecasts a first-quarter revenue range of $2.4 billion to $2.6 billion, with gross margins of 23% to 24%. Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research estimate quarterly revenue of $2.52 billion.

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Freddie Mac
FRE, +5.71%
said late Tuesday that it named Ross Kari chief financial officer effective Oct. 12. Kari, who has served at Fifth Third Bancorp.
FITB, -0.46%
as CFO for the past year, was succeeded at the bank by Daniel Poston, according to a statement by Fifth Third.

H.B. Fuller Co.
FUL, -0.75%
said late Tuesday that its fiscal third-quarter profit rose to $35.4 million, or 72 cents a share, from $21.7 million, or 44 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue fell to $315.3 million from $362 million last year. Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research estimated a quarterly profit of 36 cents a share on revenue of $314.1 million.

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